﻿<p>An instance of the entity <em>IfcStructuralLoadTemperature</em> shall be used to define actions which are caused by a temperature change. As shown in Figure 2, the change of temperature is given with a constant value which is applied to the complete section and values for temperature differences between outer fibres of the section.</p>

<blockquote class="history">HISTORY&nbsp; New entity in IFC2x2.</blockquote> 

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<tr><td><img src="../../../figures/structuralloadtemperature.gif" WIDTH="323" HEIGHT="186" BORDER="0" ALIGN="LEFT"></td></tr>
<tr><td><p class="figure">Figure 2 &mdash; Structural load temperature</p></td></tr>
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